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Living with threats

1st August 2010 Back in 2004, Bill Gates predicted that spam would be a thing of the past within two years. As we all know now, and quite a lot of people predicted at the time, far from being a solved problem, the volume of spam has continued to increase. Read More

Web application security goes from bad to worse in many sectors

27th July 2010 NTA Monitor's 2010 Annual Web Application Security Report analysed the data gathered from web application security tests performed for a wide range of industry sectors over a 12-month period... Read More

IT Managers get to grips with Internet security issues

4th May 2010 According to NTA Monitor's 2010 Annual Security Report, the average number of Internet security vulnerabilities afflicting organisations has fallen.. Read More

Responsible Patching

1st January 2010 Microsoft's response to the "zero day" exploit that was used in the cyber attacks against Google shows that software vendors still have a lot to learn when it comes to responding to vulnerabilities. Read More

June 2007

Welcome to June's edition of Internet Security News, the monthly risks bulletin detailing the latest Internet software and system vulnerabilities from NTA Monitor, a leading IT security testing company. It provides a convenient way to keep up to date with the fast changing world of IT security; this month's edition includes a total of 10 risk issues: 2 High, 1 Medium, 1 Low and 6 Informational .

Microsoft's May patches

(High risk) Microsoft has issued patches for seven critical vulnerabilities in its latest Patch Tuesday 1st June 2007 Read More

Multiple Mac OS X flaws fixed

(High risk) Multiple Mac OS X flaws have been fixed, some of which could permit the exposure of sensitive information, DoS attacks or data manipulation 1st June 2007 Read More

Multiple vulnerabilities found in Cisco's IOS FTP

(Medium risk) Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Cisco's IOS FTP server, successful exploitation of which could result in an attacker bypassing security, launching a DoS attack or gaining system access 1st June 2007 Read More

Sun Microsystems DoS vulnerability

(Low risk) A DoS vulnerability has been found in Solaris, Sun's UNIX OS, which is caused by an integer signedness error 1st June 2007 Read More

Google AdWords hacked

(Informational) Google has admitted that its AdWords service has been hijacked by hackers looking to spread malware 1st June 2007 Read More

Junior doctor applicants' details accessible by all

(Informational) Following two security lapses, the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) site was taken offline at the beginning of May 1st June 2007 Read More

MoD satellite hacked by British hackers

(Informational) A Ministry of Defence satellite has been hacked by a group of British hackers 1st June 2007 Read More

NTA's latest report says IT security has improved

(Informational) NTA Monitor's 2007 Annual Security Report has revealed that 32% of UK organisations tested had critical vulnerabilities that are widely known and actively exploited by hackers, compared to 61% in 2006, indicating that companies have improved their security posture in the last year 1st June 2007 Read More

Online visa application unsecured for a year

(Informational) The online visa application website for Indian citizens wishing to travel to the UK was left insecure for a year, exposing up to 50,000 people's details 1st June 2007 Read More

Use of weak encryption allowed TJX theft

(Informational) TJX recently revealed that over 45 million of its customers' card details had been stolen but wasn't sure how - until now 1st June 2007 Read More

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